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Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys
by Rey, H. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g+
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. g+. Large Quarto. 31 (1)pp. Original red illustrated cloth with black lettering on cover. Illustrated title page. The first book by Hans Augusto and Margret Rey which mentions "Curious George," the monkey character to become famous in a series of seven Curious George titles. Rey introduces him here as one of the nine monkeys: "Curious George who was clever, too." Binding with light wear along edges and water stains on covers with light bleeding of red to foredge though not wavy. Some small red color spots in margins of pages 10-15. Inscription on free front endpaper "1956 Happy Birthday to Odom from Dad." Block lightly age-toned. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36736
- Title
- Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys
- Author
- Rey, H. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- French children's books, giraffe, color illustrations, German-Jewish children's book authors
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Good+
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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- Quarto
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